The Complement System

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XX

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2. Components and Reactivity

   • Klaus Rother, Gerd O. Till, G. Maria Hänsch

   Pages 1-232

3. Biologic Functions

   • Klaus Rother, Gerd O. Till, G. Maria Hänsch

   Pages 233-341

4. Pathology

   • Klaus Rother, Gerd O. Till, G. Maria Hänsch

   Pages 343-513

5. Complement Manipulation In Vivo

   • G. M. Hänsch

   Pages 514-521

6. The Clinical Laboratory: Testing the Complement System

   • M. Kirschfink

   Pages 522-547

7. Back Matter

   Pages 549-564

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The aim of the former editions remains unchanged in the present updated version, namely to put forward a general and comprehensive review on complement. It is intended not only for individual investigators working in this specific field, but also for those who are less familiar with it. Students or younger scientists will hopefully be stimulated and attracted by the fascination of complement biology. Again, it was clear from the beginning that the field has experienced an explosive expansion in various directions and continues to accumulate data too large to be dealt with by a single author in a critical and coherent manner. The editors are grateful that the invited authors, all of them leading scientists in their field, helped again to make The Complement System a true mirror of the state of the art. Some parallels in the various chapters were accepted, as was a particular emphasis on newer developments in some chapters.

• Activation
• Host defense
• Vivo
• antibody
• complement deficiencies
• graft rejection
• infection
• inflammation
• pathology
• regulation
• reproduction
• surface reports

From the reviews of the first edition:
"Overall, the volume is a most useful resource on complement and will be of tremendous value for investigators in the area of complementology, newcomers in the field, and instructors for updating their information on the subject." ASM News - American Society for Microbiology

• Institut für Immunologie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany

  Klaus Rother, G. Maria Hänsch

• Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, USA

  Gerd O. Till

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